Medical, Legal, & Social Science Aspects of Child Sexual Exploitation: 2-Volume Set with Supplementary CD-ROM [Box set] [Hardcover]

Sharon W. Cooper (Author), Richard J. Estes (Author), Angelo P. Giardino (Author), Nancy D. Kellogg (Author), Victor I. Vieth (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 15, 2005 | ISBN-10: 1878060767 | ISBN-13: 978-1878060761

Child pornographers, leaders of child prostitution rings, and others who commit crimes against children have found a new means of preying on victims – through use of the Internet. Medical & Legal Aspects of Child Sexual Exploitation: A Comprehensive Review of Pornography, Prostitution, and Internet Crimes investigates this type of child maltreatment from medical, forensic, and legal perspectives. Using a multidisciplinary approach, the book examines all of the medical implications for victims, and case studies provide insight into the lives of these “children of the night”. Information on how perpetrators of these crimes operate, as well as guidelines for successful prosecution and strategies for prevention, will empower those who seek to keep children safe. Physicians, social service and law enforcement personnel, teachers, and all other professionals who work with children and families will find this reference invaluable. This Reference includes the following: - Current information on analytical methods of child pornography - Multi-national data on sexual maturation norms for both males and females - Techniques regarding review and interpretation of video pornography - Careful explanation of the methods currently used to produce, market, and disseminate child pornography - Up-to-date information on how parents can protect their children from cyber-pedophiles; including web sites on protecting children from Internet crimes - Case studies of present and former prostituted children - Guidelines for expert witness testimony in prosecution of child sexual exploitation crimes

Editorial Reviews

Review

This book is the first to provide in-depth coverage of an emerging and serious global issue --John E.B. Myers, Distinguished Professor and Scholar, University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, Sacramento, CA

a must-read for law enforcement and other professionals involved in identifying, rescuing, and treating child victims of sexual abuse. --Det Sgt Paul Gillespie, Officer in Charge, Child Exploitation Section, Toronto Police Service, Toronto, Canada

this is a must-read resource book for professionals working in the field of child maltreatment in the 21st century. --Jeanie Ming, CPNP, Forensic Nurse Practitioner, Child Abuse Services Team, Orange, CA

a must-read for law enforcement and other professionals involved in identifying, rescuing, and treating child victims of sexual abuse. --Det Sgt Paul Gillespie, Officer in Charge, Child Exploitation Section, Toronto Police Service, Toronto, Canada

this is a must-read resource book for professionals working in the field of child maltreatment in the 21st century. --Jeanie Ming, CPNP, Forensic Nurse Practitioner, Child Abuse Services Team, Orange, CA

About the Author

Sharon W. Cooper, MD, FAAP Dr. Sharon Cooper is a developmental and forensic pediatrician who has spent a career in the United States Army. Having retired as a Colonel at Fort Bragg, NC, the Army’s largest military installation, as the Chief of Pediatrics, she has devoted herself as a full time physician in the areas of developmental pediatrics and child maltreatment. Dr. Cooper has provided more than a hundred training seminars over the world, and holds numerous positions in both the military and civilian communities, to included state board member of North Carolina Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (NCPSAC), the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) subcommittee on child abuse and neglect for North Carolina, and faculty at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as well as the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland. She is also an instructor at the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC). Her area of expertise is child sexual exploitation.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1194 pages
• Publisher: STM Learning, Inc. (September 15, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1878060767
• ISBN-13: 978-1878060761
• Product Dimensions: 11.9 x 8.9 x 3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,141,908 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Richard J. Estes, DSW, ACSW
Richard Estes is a professor of social work at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. He holds an AB degree from La Salle University in Philadelphia and graduate degrees in social work from the University of Pennsylvania (MSW) and the University of California at Berkeley (Doctor of Social Welfare). He also holds a post-masters certificate in Psychiatric Social Work from the Menninger Foundation in Topeka, Kansas. At the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Estes serves as chair of the graduate concentration in Social and Economic Development (SED). He is a former president of the Group for the Advancement of Doctoral Education (GADE), and in 2003 was elected president of the International Society For Quality of Life Studies for a two-year term. Currently, he is a member of the International Commission of the Council on Social Work Education. Dr. Estes has received numerous awards and grants for his research on international social work and comparative social development, including 2 Fulbright-Hays Senior Research Awards (Iran, 1978 and Norway, 1979) and a Distinguished Fulbright Scholar Award to Yonsei University in Seoul, Korea (1994).